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    Station Preps For Japan Resupply Ship as Next Crew Readies for Mission

    Astronauts Drew Feustel and Serena Auñón-Chancellor

    Japan is poised to launch its HTV-7 resupply ship, nicknamed the Kounotori, loaded with over five tons of cargo to the International Space Station on Friday, U.S. time. Back on Earth, a new crew is preparing for its launch from Kazakhstan next month to the orbital lab. JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) H-IIB rocket is …

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    HTV Launch Moves to Friday, Crew Looks at Life Science and Florence

    Hurricane Florence

    JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) launch of its HTV-7 resupply ship to the International Space Station has been rescheduled to Friday. U.S. time. Meanwhile, the Expedition 56 crew members focused on life science and sent down imagery and video of Hurricane Florence on Wednesday. Mission controllers in Japan have rescheduled the HTV-7’s launch to Friday …

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    Japan Cargo Mission Rescheduled to Friday

    Japan's HTV-3 resupply ship

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has rescheduled the launch of a cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to 4:59 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 14 (5:59 a.m. Sept. 15 Japan standard time). Live coverage of the launch will begin at 4:30 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The unpiloted H-II …

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    New HTV Launch Date Adjusts Spacewalk Dates as Science Continues

    NASA astronauts Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Drew Feustel

    JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) has rescheduled the launch of its HTV-7 resupply ship to the International Space Station to Thursday, U.S. time. As a result of the new launch and arrival dates for the HTV-7, the target dates for a pair of maintenance spacewalks have been adjusted as well. More than five tons of …

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    Japan Reschedules Launch of Cargo Mission to Thursday

    Japan's fifth resupply ship, the HTV-5

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has rescheduled the launch of a cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to 5:21 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 13 (6:21 a.m. Sept. 14 Japan standard time). Live coverage of the launch will begin at 4:45 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The unpiloted H-II …

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    Science and Suit Work as Storms Capture Attention

    Hurricane Florence

    The six Expedition 56 crew members started the workweek today with life science and spacesuit maintenance. Meanwhile, a typhoon and a hurricane captured the attention of mission managers and the crew alike. Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold examined mice onboard the International Space Station and them today for the Rodent Research-7 (RR-7) …

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    Japanese Cargo Mission Postponed

    Japan's third resupply ship, the HTV-3

    As a result of adverse weather conditions, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has postponed the scheduled launch of a Japanese cargo spacecraft from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. The unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) is loaded with more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments for the crew aboard …

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    Japan Is Go for Monday Cargo Launch to Station

    The Japanese HTV-6 cargo vehicle

    Japan’s seventh cargo mission (HTV-7) to the International Space Station is in the final stages of preparation for launch on Monday at 7:32 p.m. EDT. Mission controllers are monitoring the weather at the Tanegashima Space Center launch site while the Expedition 56 crew is preparing for its arrival early Friday. JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) …

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    Science Gear Work, Japan Spaceship Preps Ahead of Orbital Reboost

    The Expedition 56 crew members pose for a fun portrait

    The Expedition 56 crew members conducted maintenance work on a variety of advanced science gear today to ensure ongoing space research aboard the International Space Station. The crew also continued a pair of exercise studies and trained to capture a Japanese cargo craft before tonight’s orbital reboost of the station. Commander Drew Feustel spent Wednesday …

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